COMPASS EN, DE, FR, ES, DK, FI, LT, PL COMPASS is a specific tool for the definition and documentation of Intercultural-Competencies acquired in European Mobility Projects.In 5 steps, the partners involved in a mobility project (sending organisation, mobility participants and hosting organisation) can align the curricula and learning objectives in a dialogue and visualise the progress of competence gained abroad. With the help of the various “Can Descriptions“ (EN, DE, FR, ES, DK, FI) allocated to the various fields of operation, competence profiles and their changes can be shown.

An executive summary of this report is also available.

The European Commission launched a proposal for Council Recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning on 5 September 2012.

GRUNDTVIG course organisers should have a profound idea of the different validation concepts and purposes.

They should be able to describe a competence on different dimensions (knowledge, skills and attitudes) and on different levels.

The recognition and validation of outcomes of NFIL will benefit the following target.

There are a number of definitions (including Annex І of the draft Recommendation) of the three key concepts of this Keysource, but it is widely agreed that: Non-formal learning is intentional but voluntary learning that takes place in different situations where teaching and learning are not always the main activities. They are planned, but not structured on curriculum subjects.

Once filled they can be simply copied and pasted into the LEVEL5 software.

With the data LEVEL5 certificates will be automatically generated as PDF files with the LEVEL5 software.

COMPASS-User Manual: The user-manual is available as well as pdf-file, as CD-Rom or as a brochure, describing the COMPASS-steps and offering an introduction on how to use the functions of the COMPASS-database in order to create competence-profiles. How to organize training courses for an international audience.

Chapter on Course Recognition, page 14 The VITA project on validating social, personal and organisational competences The VITA needs analysis information site on Validation of non-formal and informal learning The overall situation as regards validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe in 2010 is presented in the following synthesis report.

Hence GINCO T&T promotes, parallel to formal validation, a specific validation system for social, personal and organisational skills and competences, the LEVEL5 system. GINCO T&T promotes the idea that validation is embedded in a holistic learning offer, which means that the acquired competence(s) should already be considered in the planning process.